Jeff Bezos’ stealthy foray into the unsexy world of B2B distribution is likely

Forget the delivery drones and TV deals. Jeff Bezos’ stealthy foray into the unsexy world of B2B distribution is likely his most disruptive move yet — and it has an $8 trillion swath of the economy running scared.

In recent months global Internet retail behemoth Amazon.com   has green-lit six new original TV shows, announced an online streaming deal with HBO and tested same-day grocery delivery on the West Coast.

Up next? Possibly a smartphone. And, if billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos has his way, packages dropped off by unmanned drone.

But there’s one thing Bezos hasn’t been talking about: AmazonSupply, an e-commerce site targeting the unsexy but hugely lucrative wholesale and distribution market. His silence is especially surprising as the site has the potential to turn into the most important development in the company’s history since it started selling books. Yet Bezos has uttered only 28 words in public–ever–about Amazon Supply, describing it in passing as “an incredible category” during the company’s 2012 annual meeting.

http://www.forbes.com/

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01:50

 

 
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Thursday 15 May, 2014

 

01:50

 

 
       JPY Gross Domestic Product Annualized (Q1)Preliminar
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Thursday 15 May, 2014

 

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